Clip for wire-rope ways



(No Model.)

A. PAINTER. GLIP FOR WIRE ROPE WAYS.

No. 569,228. Patented Oct. 13, 1896..

d w W NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR PAINTER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO II. M.BARSTOW, OF NAPA, CALIFORNIA.

CLIP FOR WIRE-ROPE WAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,228, dated October13, 1896.

Application filed July 28,1896.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ARTHUR PAINTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clipsfor WVire-Rope IVays, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved clip for attachmentto wire-rope ways or cables to support the hangers or similar devices towhich are connected hods or similar carriers.

Clips have heretofore been used which were clamped around the body ofthe cable or have been inserted into the cable either by removing aportion of the core thereof and replacing it bya head on the clip or byinserting a single hooked end spirally grooved to conform to the contourof the strands. There the clip encircles the cable, it forms anobstruction to the smooth running of the cable over the pulleys. Thisclip encircling the cable is a thin metallic band, which in run ningover the pulleys is subject to much wear. Consequently its life is veryshort. here a portion of the cable is cut away to accommodate the clip,it weakens it, and where a single grooved end of the clip is inserted inthe cable all the strain is confined to one part of the cable, and thereis liability of the clip slipping out of place. here the clip with asingle head is made wide to provide the requisite strength, it is apt todistort the strands, thus not only obstructing the smooth running of thecable, but the clip is also apt to slip. In the ordinary form of clipwhich goes through the center of the cable the body portion of the cliphas avery small clearance (sometimes not over an eighth of an inch) ofthe flange of the pulley, as the cable is nearly half-encircled in thegroove of the pulley. Consequently when the cable wears down the grooveof the pulley even slightly the body portion of the clip rides on theflange of the pulley, causing a rapid wearing away of both the pulleyand the clip. In order to obviate this difficulty and allow a greaterclearance between the body portion of the clip and the pulley-flange, itwould be necessary to have Serial No. 600,761. (No model.)

the clip come out almost at the top of the cable. This construction isprohibited by the grip and depression pulleys on which the cable runs.

My improved clip enters between the cablestrands in nearly a straightline at a point which is so far above the flange of the pulley as togive a clearance of nearly half an inch, so that no matter how much thecable may wear down the groove of the pulley the body portion of theclip will never ride on the pulley-flange.

Another important advantage which my improved clip has over the ordinaryclip is that it will never pull out of the cable, should the bucket orhod get caught, while those heretofore mentioned will be very apt to doso.

According to my invention, I provide the body portion of the clip withtwo or more, preferably two, hooks separated by a comparatively widespace. grooved and flanged and adapted to be inserted between thestrands of the cable and conform to their contour. The arrangement issuch that the hooks enter between different strands, thus distributingthe strain, preventing a wide opening in the cable and making a muchmore secure connection. Longitudinal movement or slipping of the clip onthe cable is also effectively prevented.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved clip. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation. Fig. a is a detail view in perspective of a section of cable,showing how the hooked ends of the clip are applied.

The body portionA is preferably made thin at its front edge andgradually thicker toward its rear edge, where it is provided with an armB, to which any suitable hanger maybe attached. The hooks C and D arearranged at opposite ends of the front edge, there being a space Xbetween the hooks somewhat greater than the width of either one of them.The hook C is formed on its upper and lower surface with grooves c c c cc, and the hook D is in like manner formed with grooves d d d (1 d whichare arranged spirally to conform to the strands of the cable to whichthey are applied, as indicated in Fig. 4. The front These hooks areedges of the hooks are enlarged or flanged at E and F, as indicated, toaid in preventing the withdrawal of the clip laterally. These flangesconform to the grooves on the outside of the cable, as indicated in Fig.4.

The clip may be readily applied to a cable by separating the strandsthereof and inserting the hooks laterally. When the cable is drawn tautor when the strands are released, they will assume, approximately, theirnormal position, as the hooks are so grooved as to permit them to do so.Of course there will be a-slight bulge in the cable where the hooks areapplied, but this bulge is reduced to a minimum by the specialarrangement which I have adopted.

An inspection of Fig. 4 will show that the lateral movement of the clipon the cable will not occur in ordinary use.

I claim as my invention 1. A clip for wire-rope ways, consisting of abody portion provided with grooved hooks separated from each other andadapted to engage with difierent strands in the cable, substantially asset forth.

2. A clip for wire-rope ways consisting of a body portion having at oneend an arm to receive a hanger and at its opposite end a pair of hooksseparated from each other and adapted to engage with dilferent strandsof a ropeway and having grooves on their opposite sides, substantiallyas set forth.

3. A clip for wire-rope ways consisting of a body portion provided atone end with a suspending arm and at its opposite end with a pair ofhooks separated from each other, spirally grooved on opposite sides andhaving at their front ends flanges, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- 40 Witnesses:

A. M. JOHNSON, P. B. O. TURNER.

